Tag: 49th shelf
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Mnemonic: A Book of Trees – Post 5 of 5
See other posts in the series: P1 P2 P3 P4 ***** A satisfying read is dependent upon two critical components: what is read and when. Up the book comes, then down the book goes if the timing isn’t right. Released in 2011, it’s taken two years for Theresa Kishkan’s memoir, Mnemonic: A Book of Trees, to find its way to… Read more
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“Mnemonic: A Book of Trees” by Theresa Kishkan – Post 4 (of 5)
My husband had a nomadic childhood too and when we met, we decided we wanted to create a home for our children which would be constant. And it was. It is. Read more
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Mnemonic: A Book of Trees – Post 3 of 5
I grew up in a loving family but I wasn’t like them in so many ways. Our family culture centred on hockey, baseball, camping trips in summer. I couldn’t even begin to describe to them how the world shimmered for me, how I heard voices in the rustling of leaves, that I cried when I… Read more
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Mnemonic: A Book of Trees – Post 2 of 5
I believe that concentrating on specific details can often lead us to revelations about our lives and our history, coaxing or surprising us into unexpected truths. The American essayist Kathleen Norris said, “The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.” Read more
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Mnemonic: A Book of Trees – Post 1 of 5
I also discovered that this was one possible way to write a memoir in which I could get everything in. Not just the personal details but the things that drew me to investigate, to research, to pair with my own sense of the world. Bits of song, notes about botany, musings about family history, moments… Read more